How to temporarily disable git http proxy

Question

I am using git behind a corporate firewall, and I am successfully cloning external projects by using the http.proxy --global config.

My problem arises when I want to

Answer 1

In my case, I was able to disable git clone requests going through the proxy in my corporate setting by executing

git config --global --add remote.origin.proxy ""

As per the git documentation, this disables all requests to that remote repo named origin.